AN ALPHABET
OF HISTORY
The Words by Wilbur D·Nesbit
The Pictures by Ellsworth Young
| Who frets about the mystery Enshrouding all of history On reading this will, maybe, see We've made it plain as A, B, C. |
Paul Elder and Company Publishers,
San Francisco
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
In their original form, the contents of this
book appeared in the Chicago Sunday Tribune,
which newspaper is hereby thanked for
the privilege of reproducing this Alphabet
Copyright, 1905
by Paul Elder and Company
San Francisco
The Tomoye Press
San Francisco
Table of Contents & List of Illustrations
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
BRUTUS
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
DIOGENES
EURIPIDES
FRANKLIN
GALILEI GALILEO
HIPPOCRATES
IAGO
JONSON
KIDD
LUCULLUS
METHUSELAH
NEWTON
OMAR
PEPYS
QUINTILIAN
RALEIGH
SHAKSPEARE
TELL
ULYSSES
VILLON
WATT
XANTIPPE
YVETOT
ZENOBIA
And he sighed there was naught to delight him
When he brandished his sword and defiantly roared
And could not get a country to fight him.
And he clamored for further diversions;
And our history speaks of his grip on the Greeks
And his